Adobe is expected to release an alpha version of Apollo today for those of you interested. The free download will include a software development kit for running Apollo applications. Apollo is designed to bridge the world of Web applications and desktop computers. The alpha download of Apollo will run on Windows and Macintosh. It will allow people to use HTML, JavaScript and Flash programming and display Adobe's PDF format. An edition for Linux is also planned after the Windows and Mac versions.  Applications written for Apollo function like normal Web applications but act like locally installed software. For example, Apollo applications will have an icon that shows up on a computer desktop and will be able to automatically reconnect when a computer gets online.